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WESTAR 4, 13069

Orbit data source: Space-Track

WESTAR 4, 13069 is a payload satellite owned by WUTC (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 26 Feb 1982 UTC via a DELTA 3910/PAM launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

13069, 1982-014A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

13 hours ago

Origin

Western Union (US)

Manufacturer

Hughes

Mission

Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

HS-376, TE-M-700-5

Mass

~1,095 kg wet, ~452 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1982-02-26 (43 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 3910/PAM

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 6.58 m

Radar Cross Section

12.995 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 WESTAR 4
1 13069U 82014A   25124.84426047 -.00000236  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 13069  13.0612 337.8211 0002311 288.2437  60.8718  0.99779696 42367

Epoch: 2025-05-04T20:15Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-04T20:15:44.104Z)

Latitude

-2.42997°

Longitude

160.34694°

Altitude

35,920.296 km

Speed

3.07 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 48m 59s

True Declination

-2° 25' 39"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.84354°

Longitude

-12.76263°

Altitude

35,928.183 km

Speed

3.069 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 50m 33s

Apparent Declination

-4° 34' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:39:14

Azimuth

274.323° WNW

Elevation

-12.266°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,935.876 km

Perigee altitude

35,916.323 km

Semi-major axis

42,304.236 km

Eccentricity

0.0002311

Inclination

13.0612°

RAAN

337.8211°

Arg. of periapsis

288.2437°

True anomaly

60.89494°

Mean anomaly

60.8718°

Eccentric anomaly

60.88337°

Mean motion

0.24944 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1443.23 mins

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